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In March, state lawmakers amended the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Even after Michiganders approved a proposal last year to expand voting rights, any potential efforts to suppress the vote remain a concern for communities of color.

WKAR's Sophia Saliby speaks with a student member of Michigan Secretary of State’s Collegiate Student Advisory Task Force ahead of the Nov. 7 general election.

For the first time ever, Lansing voters will have the chance to go to their polling place to cast their ballots in person in the days leading up to the November election.

Michigan law currently bans anyone from hiring vehicles to get voters to the polls, unless they're physically unable to walk.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed bills Tuesday to expand voting rights. That includes a measure to make it easier to vote by absentee ballot.

Some elections administrators are urging the state legislature to shift Michigan’s primary election date back by two months.

The Michigan Senate held its first committee hearing on a series of bills to implement voter-approved election reforms Wednesday.

The state House Elections Committee opened hearings Tuesday on a package of voting rights bills.